linking wireless router

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I'm at home and have two wireless routers. When I work wirelessly I have great reception while upstairs however when I'm downstairs the signal disappears or becomes very weak. I was just wondering is there a way that I can use my second router to boost or carry the signal from upstairs to downstairs. aarend

volcano11 · Answer

Some routers can be configured as a range extenders. See the documentation that came with your router to see if this is possible. Since you don't say which make and model routers you have, it is impossible to give a more specific answer.

Steve

aarend · Answer

its a dell 2350 router

tascrafts · Answer

I also have a 2350 router and I have been wanting to connect that to my 2300 router, which has the internet connected to it. So anyone have any ideas? -tascrafts :smileywink:

jwatt · Answer

tascrafts,

While the 2350 can, according to its manual, operate as a "repeater", it can only operate that way with another 2350.

Here's a quote from the Web Configuration/Advanced Wireless section of the manual:

"Wireless repeater can be used to increase the coverage of your wireless network and/or to provide wired access to remote computers. You need two or more Dell Wireless 2350 Broadband Routers to set up wireless repeater. The access point that is connected to the network is known as the “root AP”, the access points that extend the coverage of this root AP are known as “repeater AP’s”."

According to the manual, it's also possible to operate the 2350 as an "access point", but that requires running an Ethernet cable to the 2350.

Jim

arbarnhart · Answer

I realize this is an old thread, but I found it searching for 2350 docs because I have one with no docs and fiddled with it somehwat blindly to get it working in the past. Anyway, this thread has some misleading information that I wanted to respond to in case someone else came searching for info.

jimw says:

While the 2350 can, according to its manual, operate as a "repeater", it can only operate that way with another 2350.

This is not true. I have used my 2350 as a repeater for a couple of different routers, neither of which is a Dell or related product. WiFi repeaters use the WiFi standards to operate, not proprietary protocols. I have had to mess with some of the values on the Advanced Wireless page, found that some channels work better than others and dealt with the frustration of not being able to monitor the base router signal strength. That last point is really aggrevating and what I think causes a lot of repeater failures. The signal strength you see at your computer is based on the repeater; if you are close to a repeater that is receiving a very weak signal, you will show a strong signal at your computer yet still get lots of errors and/or a low data rate.

I would still like to find good docs for the thing if anyone can point me toward some.

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